salvage
noun
- economic activity in which something is returned to an economically useful state or location
- act or process of saving or rescuing
verb
- to save or rescue
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈsæl.vɪdʒ/ / /ˈsælvɪd͡ʒ/
name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish salvaje (“savage, uncivilised”). The name likely derives from an encounter between the Spanish and the local indigenous population.
- A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
“A man in Salvage, N.L., is being called a 'miracle man' by some residents in the community for lifting a vehicle off his son-in-law, but he says he's no hero.”
“Cecil Stuckless was fixing a Jeep in Salvage, Newfoundland with his son-in-law, who was working under the car.”
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish salvaje, from Catalan salvatge, from Late Latin *salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”). Confused false friends; English salvage and Tagalog salbahe (“mischievous, naughty”).
- Summary execution, extrajudicial killing.
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish salvaje, from Catalan salvatge, from Late Latin *salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”). Confused false friends; English salvage and Tagalog salbahe (“mischievous, naughty”).
- To perform summary execution.
- To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.